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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15

The magnitude OF the internal COM
merce OF the United States is strikingly
illustrated by thefact that the trade OF
the Lake Superior region alone, which
passes through the Sault Ste. Marie
canal, much exceeds in number of YES
sells and almost equals in tonnage
that which passes through the Suez
canal. In value the latter is much
greater, since the :reights OF the steam
ships using the suez canal consists
largely of goods OF high cost compared
with their bulk or weight, while the
freights from Lake Superior are chiefly
raw materials, such as iron ore, cop.
per, grain and lumber. The average
number OF tons passed through the
Sault Ste. Maria canal in a day exceeds
that Of the suez canal. though the
yearly tonnage is trifle less because
tho forme, is closed by ice for about
one hundred and forty days of the
year, while the latter of course is con-
stantly open. But if the increase for
the present year in the Lake Superior
traffic should equal that OF the last,
tho yearly tonnage will surpass
that OF the eastern ditch. The
canal at the falls OF Ste. Marie was
opened in 1855. It had then q lock
with two chambers, and would pass
vessels drawing eleven and halt feet
OF water. Its traffic for the first year
was 100, 900 tons. Ten years later
it was zoe. 900, and in 1875, 1,260,.
600 tons. Then new lock was be,
gun. and was opened for business in
1881. It is the finest work of it's kind
in tho world, Its length is SIS feet,
it's width 80 feet, and it will pass YES.
sells drawing 16 feet Of water. Since
that time the traffic has increased
enormously. Last year it reached
tho total of 4.527,750 tons, and the
estimate for this year, based on the
great increase during the early part oil
tho summer, when the latest returns
were made. is $685. 300 tons, or
about one hundred thousands tons
greater than that of the Suez canal
for last year. The estimated car acity
Of the canal is nlnety.six vessels daily.
In ono day of the past summer "a
vessels passed through it, so that its
ultimate capacity is nearly reached.
II 10 proposed to build new lock OF
enlarged dimensions in every way,
and capable OF passing vessels Of 81
feet drausht,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15

too much OF bondyin0 0nifhaka II ~ = CON
dition which oonfronts %. NOT : theory
Relief from this oondition may involye,
slight reduction Of the advanta9es Whioh =.
award our homo produotions. but the entir
Withdrawal Of such advantaeee ahould nj
30 oontemplated - - ~
tn QUESTION % 11E1 Trade
u absolutely Irrelevant, and tho pernistent
claim made IN certain quarters az hi
efforts to save tho people from uniust and
unnecessary taxation are ache,nes al =.
allod free traders. n miachievous and
removed from any Conoideration for u. !.
public good The simple and nlain duty
which We owe the people = to reduoe taxs,
ton to the necessary expense Of a econom-
toal operation Of tho government ana 10 re-
money which we hold in the treasury
through tho perversion Of Rovexnmentsl
powerA These things can and ehould bo
done with safety to iii our industries. With.
out danger to the opportuni.v for eemnn.
er1tivo labor which onr vvorfinonnen naad
and with bene1it to them ana mi onr naonie
By cheapenin1 their means AZ snhsistance
and increasing the measuro OF their com.
forts The oonstitution pnovidaa thas tha
psesident shall. from time to time. oive ro
the congress information Of the state Of the
ecuttve, in Oomplianco with thia nrovision
to annually exhibit to the oonoress at FL:
opening Of it's session. the peneral condition
Of the country. and to detaii. wIth some mar
ticularity. the onerati0na of tina difIarsnt
executive departmentA Il would Ia esna1.
tally agreeable to follow thia coursa ut the
present time. and to AM attention to tho
valuable Observation-Disclosures az fkaao dans~s
ments during the last fiscal year: But an,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15
Nuggete Of FOREIGN Nevva.

It is stated on what is said to be reliable
authority that the doctors attending the
German crown prince have not chanaed
their opinions a. regards his case, and the
optimist views recently taken are baseless.
John L: sullivan's introduction to tho
Prince OF Wales. at q fencing school in
Cleveland row, was complete triumph
for the American fighter, and tho source al
great pleasure to his royal highness. The
prince unreservedly expressed his surprise
and admiration at tho big fellows wonder.
luI physique and cleverness with his hands.
and the latter returned the comnlim ent ~
intimating to the prince that no was III
friend. ~"
Councillor Hintspeter, formerly tutor a.
Prince William, has published the ioliov.
Ing letter, received BY him from the crovn
prince. written on the 4th instant: II am
able to inform you that tho trsatn,en ~
which the physicians prsecribsd aiter con.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15
To Make Now olass,slca,,ons.

The following circular WAS sent to tho
genera! freight agents Of the railroads cen.
terinR In st. Paul by tho secretary OF the
state railroad commission:
Referring to yours Of Nov. 10. concerning
the probability Of q change in
the present classification OF ::smaii
parcels" BY tho joint cooperation
OF all the railway companies doing bust.
ness in the state. ws have TO say that f.
would give the commission . great pleas.
ure II What is to them . very Troublesome
subject should be disposed Of in that man.
ner. But feeling that result III ever OBJ.
tained) depending upon tho cooperation
tso many companies will consume a
great deal Of time, and being thor
oushly convinced that the present
eystem 10 unjust and burdensome to manv
small! shippers We feel it our duty to eay
to ell the roads interested that il 10 our
purpose to recast the schedules Of The "a.
rious companies touching the classified tion
Of small parcsIs BY the commencement %
a. me new year. should not they In the mean.
zine Voluntarily make tho ehanesreouired.
BY the commission. ''">''
9. WA1xIs, ssesstaxy,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15

The total fire loss during November
reached SIC, OO3. 975, an increase Of
IS, OOO, 900 over the same month last
year. This is the heaviest November
on record, except at the time of the
Boston fire; and # the December loss
es this year merely equal those OF
1886 the total fire waste of 1887 will
be $130,156,4OO, against SIG, 600,-
900 for last year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15

The great game that is going on up.
on the European chessboard promises
results never dreamed OF before in the
widest period Of speculation. Russia
has awakened to some sense of men.
ace in the Canadian Pacific railroad
to her settlements along the Pacific.
Therefore, a road is to be built across
Siberia to the sea of Ochotsk. The
cost is something unparalleled in the
history OF road building, but the Gov.
eminent undertakes the work unhesi>
tatingly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15

Speaker Carlisle is busy drafting his com.
mittees. There are $50 new members.
Most Of these Mr.. Carlisle is wholly unac-
quainted with. and the task OF assigning
them TO their places and disposing of this
new material 10 = very difficult one.
Ex-Gov. Houser of Montana, says the
Chicago Tribune, who it at the Pacific,
says that the advance OF copper and lead
from ten cents to fifteen cents A pound was
worth about 50. 600. 900 to Montana. He
attributes the recent advance to the fact
that the demand in in excess Of the supply,
and that the French syndicate getting hold
OF this has bought up everything thew
could lay their hands on. In Europe cop
per and lead had gone up from $50 to SOS
ton.
The principal feature OF the report oithe
Secretary OF tho Treasury, is tho same
argument as that OF the President on the
tariff question.
Tho negotiations OF the fishery commits.
sion are approaching an end, and there is
good authority for the statement that all
attempts to secure an agreement upon
treaty has failed. Chamberlain and Bay
ard could come to an understanding. but
upper il obdurate and is not willing TO
accept the terms to which alone the Ameri-
can commissioners and Bayard are wllnns
to agree. Upper, in fact, is ciassed ny ms
associates as an irrecOncilabie. ana tney
acknowledge ia those in official relations
with them that it may be considered tna'
the negotiations 50 far az the treaty goes,
Qre practically at an end,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15

u
ADDING THEM TO TIE FREE LIST
The taxation of luxuries presents no feat
ures of hardship; but the necessaries of life
upon which adds to the cost of living in
every home. should be greatly cheapcned.
The radical reduction Of the duties imposed
upon raw material used In manufactures. or
It's free importation, Is. of course, an i'm
portant factor in any effort to reduce the
price of these necessaries; 1t would not only
relieve them from the increased cost caused
by the tariff on such material, but the man.
ufactured product being thus cheapened that
part of the tariff now laid upon such product
the present price of raw material could
be accordingly modified. Such reduc-
tion. or free importation, would serve
beside to largely reduce the revenue It is
not apparent how such change can have
any injurious effect upon our manufacturers.
better chance in foreign markets with the
manufacturers of other countries, who
cheaper their ware with free material. Thus
our people might have the opportunity Of
extending their sales beyond home con-
sumption. saving them from the depression.
interruption in business, and loss caused by
Rlutted domestic market, and affording their
employees. more certain and steady labor,
with it's resulting quiet and cOntentment.
Inc question thus imperatively presented
1or soluuon should be approached in q
spu1t higher than craftsmanship; and consid-
duty which should characterize the action
OF those intcusted with the veal Of q con:id-
ing people. But the obligation to declared
party policy and principle is not wanting to
urge prompt and effective action. Both of
the great political parties now represented
In the government have, by repeated and
authoritative declarations, condemned
the condition of laws which nermit
the collection from the people Of M
necessary revenue, and have, In the most
solemn manner promised its correction; and
neither a. citizens nor partisans ara our
countrymen in . mood to con6one the de-
iberate violation Of these pledges. Our
progress toward Q wise oonclusion will not
be improved BY dwelling upon the theories
OF protection and free trade. This sevors
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-15

would result in moro financial benefit TO the
government than the purchase Of bonds
while the latter proposition would reduce
the principal Of the debt By aotual payment
Instead Of extending + The proposition TO
IN banks thr0ughoutthe country for use BY
the people y, 1t seems to me, exceedingly
objectionable m principle. % establishing
too close relationship between tho opdfa-
tons Of tho governments treasury and tho
bushes q the country, and too extensive =
commanding Of their money. thus fostering
an unnatural reliance in private business
upon public funds II this scllemo ehould
be adopted it should only be done 40 tenn
porary expodient to meet IN urgent neces-
nty Leeialattve and exeontive effort should
should have tendency to divorce, % much
and % fast 40 can safely be done. the treas
ury department. from private enterprise.
Of course It 10 not expected that unnecessary
and extravagant appropriation will be made
70 I@r y. tne Pnrpose OF avoiding the accumulation
beside tho Generalization Of all Just con-
oeptions OF public duty which It entails,
stimulates habit Of reckless improvidence
not In tho least consistent with the mission Of
our people or the high and beneAcent pur-
poses Of our government have deemed it
my duty to thus bring to the knowledge Of
my countrYmen; as we'll a. to the attention
OF their representatives charged with the re-
eponstbtlitles Of legislative relief, the gravity
OF our financial situation. The failure Of con-
gress heretofore to provide against the dan
gers which 1t was quite evident the very ma
ture OF the difficulty must necessarily pro-
duce, caused q condition of financial distress
and apprehension since your last adjourn
ment which taxed to the utmost all the au-
thortty and expedfents within executive con-
troll; and these appear now to be exhausted.
II disaster results from the continued mac
ton of congress, the responsibility must rest
where 1t belongs Though the situation thus
tar considered is fraught with danger which
should be fully realized, and though it pre-
sents features OF wrong to the people as we'll
a.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
new ENGLAND News

Gov. Ames and council visited the Ameri
can asylum at Hartford, Ct. A deaf, dumb
and blind boy from Salem, who went to the
asylum only year ago entirely uninstructed
has shown wonderful progress since the Gov
ernor and party were there last year, and his
case excited much interest and comment.
The body of Daniel P. Weeden, missing
for several days has been found in Wickboag
pond West Brookfield. Deceased was SO
years old and unmarried.
Albert O. D. Bailey, charged with feloni-
Gus assault upon Mabel Leslie, has been COM
mitted at Hopkinton, N H., together with
Nellie Smart, an alleged accessory.
John Casey, one of the six convicts who
escaped from Worcester Mass Jail on May
last, has been re-arrested as he was about
to go aboard one of the Havana steamers at
New York.
Charles Avery, while attempting to board
freight train on the Boston and Albany
railroad between Warren and West Warren,
fell under the wheels and had leg ampu-
tated.
The highest tide ever known at Welfeet,
Mass, washed the beaches and lower streets
recently, caused by the severe gale.
Dr. Tacott of the Middletown Insane asy-
lum announces that BARLEY Campbell, the
playwright, is rapidly approaching return
to complete health.
Mrs. Joseph Mitchell of Charlestown, Mass
while building kitchen fire with kerosene
at Biddeford, Me-, was burned probably ia
tally.
James Mallory, assistant baggage master
on the New Britain (Ct) branch of the Con-
solidated road, met with horrible death.
His mangled remains were found on the
track
Daniel Hartigan, New York & New Ha-
ven railroad section boss, was instantly killed
while at work near the Tin bridge near New
Haven, Ct. In his efforts to get his gang Of
Italians out of the way of an approaching
express, he was struck and crushed to death.
At meeting of the directors of the Con-
necticut Hospital, Mrs Henry Farnum,
widow of Professor Farnum offered to build
an operating dormitory for the hospital, to
cost $1,000. The gift was unanimously &C
cepted.
A well dressed woman, apparently bout
80 years of age, accosted Amelia Casson,
nine-year-old Boston girl, and requested her
to sit down on doorstep and hold six
months-old baby while she went to the depot
to get parcel. In the course of three hours
Amelia got tired of her task and took the
baby to station 1, whence it was taken to the
Chardon Street Home.
A man in Portland, Me-, Is living with
seven wives and seeking converts to the
Mormon faith
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
FOREIGN.

Excavations in Jerusalem on ground be-
longing to the Russian government have re-
suited in the discovery of the remains of the
ancient town wall and the portion of the
gates of the town during the lifetime of the
Saviour, through which the Saviour passed to
Golgotha
Dawson Dalziel, proprietor of Truth, has
sued the duke Of Marlborough for s25 900 for
libel, in saying that Truth was guilty of for
gerry in imputing certain statements to
him.
Edmund Texier, the French journalist and
author, is dead. He was II years old.
The Kingston (Ont) board of education
has issued an order, under the public school
law, expelling from the public schools al
Roman Catholic children whose parents are
supporters of a separate school system
At meeting of the Church of Ireland
Temperance Society, Canon Weldon, who re-
Gently received an appointment in England,
made an address In which he said he hoped
the queen would find more suitable way to
honor her husbands memory than by send
ing her sons and sons-in-law to the top of a
highland mountain to drink raw whiskey.
He was present, he said at this years festi-
val in honor Of the presence Of the queen,
and he never saw more disgusting and re
voting scene of drunkenness. 1t surpassed
the traditions of Donnybrook fair. The effect
was visible for many days in men with sod
den eyes and staggering gait.
One of the absconding 6rectors of the
Leipsic Bank has been arrested at Mulhau-
sen.
The London board of trade has concluded
its inquiry into the loss of the Inman Line
steamer City of Montreal which was burned
at sea on Aug. 10, while on a voyage from
New York for Liverpool. The board decides
that neither the owners nor officers of the
ship were blamable for the disaster and that
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
THE LONDON MODS.

Their Unrest Caused by Destitution-
More Danger Probable from Them.
The demonstrations of mobs of unemployed
laborers and worthless vagabonds in London
have occupied the attention Of this metropo
lis all the week, an6 have been much exag-
gerated. Frenchmen and Germans have
been deferred from coming over to an extent
which has seriously interfered with channel
traffic The disturbances are chiefly important
as indications of what may be expected if moth
ing be done to relieve the really awful dis
tress, and counterfeit the dangerous advice
daily poured into the ears of hungry work
men by the worst class of Anarchist orators.
The warning has not been lost by those who
will be most apt to suffer. but in general no
idea seems to be had of the real amount of
misery and desperation which exists and the
serious danger which threatens London's shops
as well it may unless the rule be definitely es-
tablished and carried out that the remedy for
hard times is to shoot down the hungry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
CUNARD JAILS HIS COUSIN.
Charies q. FranckIym of Now York
Charged With Wrongfully Using
s3 900 900.

Chario, q. Francklyn of Now York
Charged With Wrongfully Using
$4,000, 900.
Charles G. Francklyn, who has for years
been very well known in New York social
and business circles, and was until five or six
years ago, the American agent Of the Cunard
Steamship line, is lodged in Ludlow street
Jail in defalt of $780, bail The Sun says
that the suit in which Mr. Francklyn was ar
rested is brought by Sir Bache Cunard to re-
cover $1,000, 600, alleged to have been wrong
fully converted to his own use by Francklyn
Cunard is Francklyn's cousin. The ale
cation is that Francklyn misappropri-
ated part of the money as presi-
dent OF the Horn Silver Mining COM
pany in which Cunard had invested heavily.
He is likely to remain in Ludlow street Jail
for some time, as he tried in vain for several
hours among his wealthy former friends to
raise the 81, 900 900 necessary to release him
upon $500. 600 bail as fixed by the court. 1t
was at the cottage of Mr.. Francklyn at Elbe
ron that President Garfield died. His coun-
sell said that Francklyn will claim that Cunard
was aware of all his pecuniary transactions,
and was jointly interested in them with him.
His friends say that rather than stand his
share of the losses Cunard is trying to Shout
der it on to Francklyn.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
ACCUSED OF BEING A JESUIT.
The Reason Alleged for tho Mayors Re-
lection by the NJ. c. NJ. A.

The Reason Alleged for tho Mayors Re-
lection by the NJ. G. NJ. A.
A friend of Mayor O'Brien, who is under.
stood to speak by authority of his honor.
makes the following statement respecting tho
mayors rejection by the Charitable Mechanic
Association: "a wholesale coal dealer came
to the mayor just before the committee of
the city government visited Philadelphia to
attend the centenary of the constitution,
and asked permission to present his honors
name for membership at the next meeting
The gentleman stated that an effort was being
made to increase the member ship of the as
ISOLATION and he would he gratified if the
mayor would consent to have his name pro-
posed. The mayor readily consented. Some
time before the meeting of Wednesday even
ing, friends of the mayor informed him that
an effort was being made to defeat his cleo
ton to membership in the association. 1t
was said that prominent member of the
association had declared that the mayor was
Jesuit, and for that reason he should be
defeated The mayor was told that so much
feeling had been aroused on this issue that
his election was in danger, and that it might
be wise for him to withdraw his application
This he refused to do, on account of what he
considered the unworthy motive that inspired
the opposition Il Boston Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27

which was twenty-four feet long, he was
coming toward shore when an hours squall
struck the water A gentleman standing ON
shore through glass saw many boats tossed
in this squat, but all outrode the terror OK.
cept one, that In which Shelley, tho iniidel
poet, and his two friends were sailing That
never came ashore, but the bodies OF two OF
the occupants were washed upon the peaoh,
one of them the poet A funeral pyre was
built on the sea shore by some classic friends
and the two bodies were consumed, Poor
Shelleyl He would have no God while no
lived and he probably had no God when no
died. "The Lord knoweth the way OF the
righteous, but the way OF the ungodly shall
PERISH Beware Of the forbidden honeyl
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
WHAT LITTLE THINGS CAN DO.
European Politics Affected by Measles
In the Royal Family of Russia.

European Politics Affected by Measles
In the Royal Family of Russia.
Measles among the royal children at Co
penhagen have, it is generally believed, given
new lease Of peace and quiet to Ferdinand
of Bulgaria, and the work of the measles
had not stopped there, for the ships intended
to carry the Gar home have been obliged to
go without him SO as to arrive before ice
should block their way Should he choose
the most comfortable and natural homeward
route, it would take him to German territory
and would make it absolutely nee
essary for him, according to all estab-
lished rule, to pay visit of courtesy to old
Emperor William Should he take that
course, the measles will have brought about
the meeting of the emperors which the great
Bismarck was unable to accomplish. Should
he take roundabout way, it will be looked
upon as a deliberate avoidance of meeting
with the German emperor, and, according to
the Cologne Gazette and other good authori.
ties. will MORALLY offend Emperor William,
and cause him to finally abandon all opposi-
ton to the policy of hostility to Russia, which
Bismarck appears ohave adopted. No mat
ter what happens, the childish malady looms
up as an important factor.-lBoston Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-10-27
One OF the Richmond's Rig Guns Goes
to the Bottom.

During the naval contest at Newport,
r. l., one of the exercises which are
occasionally sprung upon the aspirants
for naval honors occurred. An order was
given to transport one of the broad
side nine-inch guns and its carriage,
weighing between five and six tons, from the
Richmond to Rose Island, about half-mile
from the ship, where it was to have been
mounted and fired at a target The weight
was too much for the spars forming the
platform, and they gave way, the gun max
ing a graceful dive for China, completely
turning the supporting launches over toward
each other, and they also started to follow
the gun. taking with them eight or ten men.
The majority of them escaped with nothing
more than a ducking Three, however, were
more or less injured, but none very seriously,
and they all, with the boats, soon hoated,